1) I am an Iranian world wrestling champion and once the coach of the Iranian national team. Now, together with other exiled Iranian athletes, I am working for democracy in Iran and a secular society. On the day of "No to mandatory hijab", I was present on @AlinejadMasih's live,
2) but to my disbelief, Instagram kicked me out of the live. The pages of many dissident Iranian athletes have been restricted for no reason. Last week Instagram warned me that my account with more than 30K followers will probably be closed. I don’t believe these problems are
just a mistake or a coincidence. It is unbelievable that we are not only under pressure from the Islamic Republic but now from Instagram too. This opinion piece in the @washingtonpost is right. And, it seems that Instagram has a problem with Iranian dissidents
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